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why the heck would they send susan rice around to fife news stations? what point is there? even if she had half the information or if she had all the information, it's all politics now and it looks like the professional operation, peter king, i give you the last word on this, has broken down. >> it has, the whole intelligence operation, what susan rice did, what the justice department was distort the information they had been given. it would take a way from the issue that that consulate was not properly protected. that should have been protected much more strongly than it was. the failure by the administration, but it's reflective as vanessa williams said, he's talking about iraq, he's talking about iran, he's talking about syria and libya. and our closest ally, israel. >> has the security apparatus broken down elsewhere? that is an important question. i mean we're not going to know, they're not going to investigate themselves. nobody in the white house wants to tell the truth about anything right now related to this. but in your judgment, having served there, having served
why the heck would they send susan rice around to fife news stations? what point is there? even if she had half the information or if she had all the information, it's all politics now and it looks like the professional operation, peter king, i give you the last word on this, has broken down. >> it has, the whole intelligence operation, what susan rice did, what the justice department was distort the information they had been given. it would take a way from the issue that that consulate...
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is it possible that the original criticism of obama and ambassador susan rice is wrong? is the cia hedging its bets? how do we read this? >> larry, i have no idea. i mean, obviously, someone should really get to the bottom of whether there was an intelligence failure on top of what seems to me a failure of common sense. it was pretty obvious, you didn't need a lot of secret sources at the beginning, as senator mccain and many others pointed out, spontaneous demonstrations may produce some violence but they don't produce mortar attacks and rpg attacks. and this one was extremely organiz organized. and then of course it turns out there was no spontaneous demonstration preceding it. >> well, that's the part we can't get straight. look, i have no doubt about the militant, the al qaeda offshoot and all the rest of it. i'm not really asking that. but with respect to the president's position, i mean, to this day, so far as i know, he has not acknowledged a preplanned terrorist attack. to this day he continues on the story that maybe, yes, there was some problem, the terrorist p
is it possible that the original criticism of obama and ambassador susan rice is wrong? is the cia hedging its bets? how do we read this? >> larry, i have no idea. i mean, obviously, someone should really get to the bottom of whether there was an intelligence failure on top of what seems to me a failure of common sense. it was pretty obvious, you didn't need a lot of secret sources at the beginning, as senator mccain and many others pointed out, spontaneous demonstrations may produce some...
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the benghazi catastrophe the president went to las vegas and then sent susan rice really telling lies across the board. i know this is an economics debate. leadership, a choice between economic systems. growth versus redistribution. get the tax cuts out there. i want the tax cuts. >> we were just talking to john taylor. i asked whether or not he believed romney was being specific enough about the economic plan because thought is the knock he has been getting and professor taylor said he has been extremely specific. do you think this campaign can gain traction and win this thing if they believe they are specific enough with their plans. >> john taylor is a great american and one of my heroes and mentors. i don't think they are quite as specific as they could. you know how to sell something. you want to sell something. if one of your great panelists has a stock or a position or an idea you got to sell it. not just once. you don't whisper it. covering several shows. you have to sell the thing. second point talk about middle class take home pay going up. joe biden was up. the middle class
the benghazi catastrophe the president went to las vegas and then sent susan rice really telling lies across the board. i know this is an economics debate. leadership, a choice between economic systems. growth versus redistribution. get the tax cuts out there. i want the tax cuts. >> we were just talking to john taylor. i asked whether or not he believed romney was being specific enough about the economic plan because thought is the knock he has been getting and professor taylor said he...
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a very well liked ambassador is killed and dragged through the streets and then susan rice goes on tv and says something that at best is a falsehood, at worst is a lie. how badly is this going to damage president obama? >> i think it mike, as rick suggested, have an impact as the way people perceive his ability as a national security. people will remember that he took out osama bin laden. this is not going to be a big ish in the debate tonight because it domestic policy issues. with the threat of terrorism, i think that's something that can open up an opportunity for mitt romney to try to take advantage of that. >> doug holtz-eakin, if you were mitt romney works you make benghazi something of an issue tonight? i don't mean filibustering and going through anything but as a matter of leadership, you have economic leadership, fiscal leadership, america losing its credit rating leadership, now you have the benghazi thing. does romney do it tonight? >> i think it can come up but it can't come up as a gratuitous topic out of nowhere. the president offered the promise of a more transparent a
a very well liked ambassador is killed and dragged through the streets and then susan rice goes on tv and says something that at best is a falsehood, at worst is a lie. how badly is this going to damage president obama? >> i think it mike, as rick suggested, have an impact as the way people perceive his ability as a national security. people will remember that he took out osama bin laden. this is not going to be a big ish in the debate tonight because it domestic policy issues. with the...
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rice is somebody who is often mentioned. now, this recent flap over libya and what the united states said or did not say about the situation there might have damaged her prospects a little bit. we'll have to watch that one, on the romney side robert zoellick, former world bank president and richard haass, president of the council of foreign relations mention there had and treasury secretary we talked about some of the names for the obama cabinet starting with the obama side, jack lew, former white house chief of staff, he's most easily confirmed here. erskine bowles is somebody a lot of liberals are worried about in washington, they think maybe if obama picks bowles for secretary of the treasury that signals he's willing to do a deal that he was not willing to do in his first term. lael brainard, undersecretary of treasury for international affairs, recently dispatched to china. sheryl sandberg is an interesting one. i want to come back to her. let's do the romney cabinet picks and we'll come back to sheryl sandberg, julia h
rice is somebody who is often mentioned. now, this recent flap over libya and what the united states said or did not say about the situation there might have damaged her prospects a little bit. we'll have to watch that one, on the romney side robert zoellick, former world bank president and richard haass, president of the council of foreign relations mention there had and treasury secretary we talked about some of the names for the obama cabinet starting with the obama side, jack lew, former...
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you've already called for susan rice's resignation as ambassador. are we going to have a second discussion here about what the president meant when he used the words act of terror? or terror act in that rose garden interview? >> it's a tragedy for those being killed, it's also a metaphor for the failure of this administration to directly confront terrorism. this administration calls the ft. hood murders workplace violence rather than act of terrorism. they used to call terrorism a manmade disaster. and for the president to stretch the interpretation of that statement, that was the morning after the terrible acts in benghazi, 4 1/2 minutes into the statement he used the word terror and followed his discussion of september 11th, 2001. he's trying to rewrite history and doing it at the expense of four american heroes that were murdered. >> you are certain when he used those words he was not modifying benghazi in particular? >> well, if he was serious about benghazi being a terrorist act, he wouldn't have waited four minutes to talk about it. he was tal
you've already called for susan rice's resignation as ambassador. are we going to have a second discussion here about what the president meant when he used the words act of terror? or terror act in that rose garden interview? >> it's a tragedy for those being killed, it's also a metaphor for the failure of this administration to directly confront terrorism. this administration calls the ft. hood murders workplace violence rather than act of terrorism. they used to call terrorism a manmade...
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ambassador susan rice, senator john kerry, robert summers. >> the obama administration says there's plenty of land available for oil drillers. but energy companies want more. a showdown coming up next. and coming up on squawk on the street, outgoing mcdonald's ceo jim skinner. "squawk box" is coming right back. fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank. like no-fee atms -- all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now, depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash back into your fidelity account. open a fidelity cash management account today and discover another reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. >>> welcome back. let's take a look at some stocks on the move. home builder kb homes under pressure after it reported a wider fiscal third quarter loss. however revenues were up 29% from a year earlier and home deliveries up 21%. and we're watching nike earning $1.20 per share for its third quarter, 3 cents ahead of estimates. thou nike's profit margi
ambassador susan rice, senator john kerry, robert summers. >> the obama administration says there's plenty of land available for oil drillers. but energy companies want more. a showdown coming up next. and coming up on squawk on the street, outgoing mcdonald's ceo jim skinner. "squawk box" is coming right back. fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank. like no-fee atms -- all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now,...
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. >> they stuck susan rice in there and it's entitled hillary's responsibility. >> that's just it, this was an orchestrated -- >> we know that now. >> a series of interviews they set out to make sure that they made this point. >> they want to make sure -- how p.o.ed is hillary? like she has to take the fall for this instead of biden or, you know, those guys didn't know anything and again it falls on hillary who is probably not that happy about the last primary four years ago. >> no. joe, let me ask you a question. what are you expecting from mitt tonight? >> my only concern is that in previous debates like in years past, we've seen -- you don't know who is coming out of the corner. remember how they can be -- is it possible to be really good one time and just be in the moment and the next time to be flat? maybe it is. i don't expect that. i think that -- >> i would be stunned if he's flat. i think he was more consistent than you're suggesting in the primary debates. >> i meant debates like when reagan was really fired up and then he came back and -- i think romney's always been good. an
. >> they stuck susan rice in there and it's entitled hillary's responsibility. >> that's just it, this was an orchestrated -- >> we know that now. >> a series of interviews they set out to make sure that they made this point. >> they want to make sure -- how p.o.ed is hillary? like she has to take the fall for this instead of biden or, you know, those guys didn't know anything and again it falls on hillary who is probably not that happy about the last primary four...